Estimation of uranium and radon concentration in some drinking water samples of Upper Siwaliks, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Singh, Joga ^a   Singh, Harmanjit ^a   Singh, Surinder ^a   Bajwa, B S ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha Scintillometry; Etched track detector; Fission track; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SCINTILLOMETRY; ATOMIC RADIATION; DRINKING WATER; ETCHED TRACK DETECTOR; FISSION TRACK; LIMIT VALUES; NATURAL SOURCES; NEW YORK; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES; SWITZERLAND; UNITED NATION; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; URANIUM CONTENTS; WATER SAMPLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISSION REACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADON; SCINTILLATION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; RADON; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADON; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; SAFETY; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; RADON; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650632358     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0373-8     Document Type: Article

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